WSOF 5 takes place tonight at Revel Atlantic City in New Jersey. The main card airs on NBC Sports Network (9 p.m. ET) following prelims that stream on MMAjunkie.com (6 p.m. ET).

Branch is a UFC and Bellator veteran who has won back-to-back unanimous decisions for WSOF with victories over Dustin Jacoby and Paulo Filho. He meets Villefort, who has UFC, WEC and Strikeforce experience. Villefort won his WSOF debut in March with a decision win over fellow UFC vet Kris McCray.

Mutapcic, the former Maximum Fighting Championship middleweight champ, makes his WSOF debut on a five-fight winning streak. He takes on Taylor, the most experienced fighter in the four-man field. Taylor brings a six-fight winning streak into the bout and his resume includes fights for the UFC, Strikeforce and DREAM.

The middleweight title will be the second belt for WSOF to hand out. Next month in Florida at WSOF 6, the promotion will crown its first welterweight champion when Josh Burkman takes on Steve Carl. The timing might not work out for the middleweight winners on tonight’s card to fight on that same show, but they’ll meet down the road.

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